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AP Macro Economics
Ch.28 Unemployment
Term | Definition |
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Frictional Unemployment | |
Structural Unemployment | |
Government Employment Agencies | Provide info. about job vacancies to speed up the matching of workers with jobs. |
Public Training Programs | Aim to equip workers displaced from declining industries with the skills needed in growing industries. |
Cyclical Unemployment | |
Unemployment Insurance (UI) | A government program that partially protects workers' incomes when they become unemployed. |
Employed | |
Unemployed | |
Not in the Labor Force | |
Labor Force | |
Unemployment Rate | |
Labor Force Participation Rate | |
Natural Rate of Unemployment | |
Discouraged Workers | |
Job Search | |
Union | A worker association that bargains with employers over wages, benefits, and working conditions. |
Collective Bargaining | |
Strike | |
Efficiency Wages |